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Bless the LORD, O My Soul

Psalms 103:9

In 11 translations

BSB
He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.
KJV
He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
WEB
He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.
ASV
He will not always chide; Neither will he keep his anger for ever.
LSV
He does not strive forever, || Nor does He watch for all time.
YLT
Not for ever doth He strive, Nor to the age doth He watch.
DBY
He will not always chide, neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.
DRC102:9
He will not always be angry: nor will he threaten for ever.
GNV
He will not alway chide, neither keepe his anger for euer.
JPS
He will not always contend; neither will He keep His anger for ever.
LXXE102:9
He will not be always angry; neither will he be wrathful for ever.

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Original-language editions

WLC
לֹֽא־לָנֶ֥צַח יָרִ֑יב וְלֹ֖א לְעוֹלָ֣ם יִטּֽוֹר׃
LXX-Br102:9
Οὐκ εἰς τέλος ὀργισθήσεται, οὐδὲ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα μηνιεῖ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 57:16For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
  • Psalms 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
  • Micah 7:18–19Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? He will again have…
  • Jeremiah 3:5Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.”
  • Jeremiah 3:12Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.

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